List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

Return to top of page 1970 • Fred E. Ahlert • Ernest Ball • Katharine Lee Bates • Irving Berlin • William Billings • James A. Bland • James Brockman • Lew Brown • Nacio Herb Brown • Alfred Bryan • Joe Burke • Johnny Burke • Anne Caldwell • Harry Carroll • Sidney Clare • George M. Cohan • Con Conrad • Sam Coslow • Hart Pease Danks • Reginald De Koven • Peter De Rose • Buddy De Sylva • Mort Dixon • Walter Donaldson • Paul Dresser • Dave Dreyer • Al Dubin • Vernon Duke • Gus Edwards (The Star Maker) • Raymond B. Egan • Daniel Decatur Emmett • Ted Fiorito • Fred Fisher • Stephen Foster • George Gershwin • L. Wolfe Gilbert • Patrick Gilmore • Mack Gordon • Ferde Grofe • Woody Guthrie • Oscar Hammerstein II • W. C. Handy • James F. Hanley • Otto Harbach • Charles K. Harris • Lorenz Hart • Ray Henderson • Victor Herbert • Billy Hill • Joseph E. Howard • Julia Ward Howe • Carrie Jacobs-Bond • Howard Johnson • James P. Johnson • James Weldon Johnson • Arthur Johnston • Isham Jones • Scott Joplin • Irving Kahal • Gus Kahn • Bert Kalmar • Jerome Kern • Francis Scott Key • Lead Belly • Sam M. Lewis • Frank Loesser • Ballard MacDonald • Edward Madden • Joseph McCarthy • Jimmy McHugh • George W. Meyer • James V. Monaco • Neil Moret • Theodore Morse • Lewis F. Muir • Ethelbert Nevin • Jack Norworth • Chauncey Olcott • John Howard Payne • James Pierpont • Lew Pollack • Cole Porter • Ralph Rainger • Harry Revel • Eben E. Rexford • Jimmie Rodgers • Richard Rodgers • Sigmund Romberg • George F. Root • Billy Rose • Vincent Rose • Harry Ruby • Bob Russell • Jean Schwartz • Harry B. Smith • Samuel Francis Smith • Ted Snyder • John Philip Sousa • Andrew B. Sterling • Harry Tierney • Charles Tobias • Roy Turk • Egbert Van Alstyne • Albert Von Tilzer • Harry Von Tilzer • Fats Waller • Samuel A. Ward • Kurt Weill • Percy Wenrich • Richard A. Whiting • Clarence Williams • Hank Williams • Spencer Williams • Septimus Winner (Sep) • Harry M. Woods • Henry Clay Work • Allie Wrubel • Vincent Youmans 1971 • Harold Arlen • Hoagy Carmichael • Duke Ellington • Dorothy Fields • Rudolf Friml • Ira Gershwin • Alan Jay Lerner • Johnny Mercer • Jimmy Van Heusen • Harry Warren 1972 • Harold Adamson • Milton Ager • Burt Bacharach • Leonard Bernstein • Jerry Bock • Irving Caesar • Sammy Cahn • J. Fred Coots • Hal David • Howard Dietz • Sammy Fain • Arthur Freed • Haven Gillespie • John Green • Yip Harburg • Sheldon Harnick • Ted Koehler • Burton Lane • Edgar Leslie • Frederick Loewe • Joseph Meyer • Mitchell Parish • Andy Razaf • Leo Robin • Arthur Schwartz • Pete Seeger • Carl Sigman • Jule Styne • Ned Washington • Mabel Wayne • Paul Francis Webster • Jack Yellen 1975 • Louis Alter • Mack David • Benny Davis • Edward Eliscu • Bud Green • Lou Handman • Edward Heyman • Jack Lawrence • Stephen Sondheim 1977 • Ray Evans • Jay Livingston ==1980s==

Return to top of page 1980 • Alan Bergman • Marilyn Bergman • Betty Comden • Adolph Green • Herb Magidson 1981 • Cy Coleman • Jerry Livingston • Johnny Marks 1982 • Rube Bloom • Bob Dylan • Jerry Herman • Gordon Jenkins • Harold Rome • Jerry Ross • Paul Simon • Al Stillman • Meredith Willson 1983 • Harry Akst • Ralph Blane • Ervin Drake • Fred Ebb • Bob Hilliard • John Kander • Hugh Martin • Neil Sedaka • Harry Tobias • Alec Wilder • Stevie Wonder 1984 • Richard Adler • Bennie Benjamin • Neil Diamond • Norman Gimbel • Al Hoffman • Henry Mancini • Maceo Pinkard • Billy Strayhorn • George David Weiss 1985 • Saul Chaplin • Gene De Paul • Kris Kristofferson • Jerry Leiber • Carolyn Leigh • Don Raye • Fred Rose • Mike Stoller • Charles Strouse 1986 • Chuck Berry • Boudleaux Bryant • Felice Bryant • Marvin Hamlisch • Buddy Holly • Jimmy Webb 1987 • Sam Cooke • Gerry Goffin • Carole King • John Lennon • Barry Mann • Paul McCartney • Bob Merrill • Carole Bayer Sager • Cynthia Weil 1988 • Leroy Anderson • Noël Coward • Lamont Dozier • Brian Holland • Eddie Holland 1989 • Lee Adams • Leslie Bricusse • Eddie DeLange • Anthony Newley • Roy Orbison ==1990s==

Return to top of page 1990 • Jim Croce • Michel Legrand • Smokey Robinson 1991 • Jeff Barry • Otis Blackwell • Howard Greenfield • Ellie Greenwich • Antônio Carlos Jobim 1992 • Linda Creed • Billy Joel • Elton John • Mort "Doc" Pomus • Mort Shuman • Bernie Taupin 1993 • Paul Anka • Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) • Bert Kaempfert • Herb Rehbein • Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) 1994 • Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) • Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) • Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) • Otis Redding • Lionel Richie • Carly Simon 1995 • Bob Crewe • Kenneth Gamble • Bob Gaudio • Leon Huff • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Max Steiner 1996 • Charles Aznavour • John Denver • Ray Noble 1997 • Harlan Howard • Jimmy Kennedy • Ernesto Lecuona • Joni Mitchell • Phil Spector 1998 • John Barry • Dave Bartholomew • Fats Domino • Larry Stock • John Williams 1999 • Bobby Darin • Peggy Lee • Tim Rice • Bruce Springsteen ==2000s==

Return to top of page 2000 • James Brown • Glenn Frey (Eagles) • Don Henley (Eagles) • Curtis Mayfield • James Taylor • Brian Wilson 2001 • Eric Clapton • Willie Nelson • Dolly Parton • Diane Warren • Paul Williams 2002 • Nickolas Ashford • Michael Jackson • Barry Manilow • Randy Newman • Valerie Simpson • Sting 2003 • Phil Collins • John Deacon (Queen) • Little Richard • Brian May (Queen) • Freddie Mercury (Queen) • Van Morrison • Roger Taylor (Queen) 2004 • Charles Fox • Al Green • Daryl Hall • Don McLean • John Oates • Barrett Strong • Norman Whitfield 2005 • David Bowie • Steve Cropper • John Fogerty • Isaac Hayes • David Porter • Richard M. Sherman • Robert B. Sherman • Bill Withers 2006 • Thom Bell • Henry Cosby • Mac Davis • Will Jennings • Sylvia Moy 2007 • Don Black • Irving Burgie • Jackson Browne • Merle Haggard • Michael Masser • Teddy Randazzo • Bobby Weinstein 2008 • Desmond Child • Albert Hammond • Loretta Lynn • Alan Menken • John Sebastian 2009 • Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi) • Eddie Brigati • Felix Cavaliere • Roger Cook • David Crosby • Roger Greenaway • Galt MacDermot • Graham Nash • James Rado • Gerome Ragni • Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) • Stephen Schwartz • Stephen Stills ==2010s==

Return to top of page 2010 • Tom Adair • Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) • Leonard Cohen • Matt Dennis • Jackie DeShannon • Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire) • David Foster • Johnny Mandel • Bob Marley • Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire) • Laura Nyro • Sunny Skylar • Jesse Stone • Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) • Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire) 2011 • John Bettis • Garth Brooks • Tom Kelly • Leon Russell • Billy Steinberg • Allen Toussaint 2012 • Tom Jones • Don Schlitz • Bob Seger • Gordon Lightfoot • Harvey Schmidt • Jim Steinman 2013 • Lou Gramm (Foreigner) • Tony Hatch • Mick Jones (Foreigner) • Holly Knight • Joe Perry (Aerosmith) • JD Souther • Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) 2014 • Ray Davies (The Kinks) • Donovan • Graham Gouldman • Mark James • Jim Weatherly 2015 • Bobby Braddock • Willie Dixon • Jerry Garcia • Robert Hunter • Toby Keith • Cyndi Lauper • Linda Perry 2016 • Elvis Costello • Bernard Edwards • Marvin Gaye • Tom Petty • Nile Rodgers • Chip Taylor 2017 • Babyface • Peter Cetera (Chicago) • Berry Gordy • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis • Jay Z • Robert Lamm (Chicago) • Max Martin • James Pankow (Chicago) 2018 • Bill Anderson • Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang) • Ronald Bell (Kool & the Gang) • George Brown (Kool & the Gang) • Steve Dorff • Jermaine Dupri • Alan Jackson • John Mellencamp • James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang) • Allee Willis 2019 • Dallas Austin • Missy Elliott • Tom T. Hall • John Prine • Cat Stevens • Jack Tempchin ==2020s==

Return to top of page 2022 • Mariah Carey • Chad Hugo (The Neptunes) • The Isley Brothers • Annie Lennox (Eurythmics) • Steve Miller • Rick Nowels • William "Mickey" Stevenson • David A. Stewart (Eurythmics) • Pharrell Williams (The Neptunes) 2023 • Glen Ballard • Snoop Dogg • Gloria Estefan • Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra) • Teddy Riley • Liz Rose • Sade 2024 • Walter Becker (Steely Dan) • Bill Berry (R.E.M.) • Peter Buck (R.E.M.) • Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) • Hillary Lindsey • Mike Mills (R.E.M.) • Prince • Dean Pitchford • Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) • Timbaland • Cindy Walker 2025 • Bert Berns • George Clinton • Luigi Creatore • Ashley Gorley • Rodney Jerkins • Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers) • Mike Love (The Beach Boys) • Tony Macaulay • Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) • Hugo Peretti • Jerry Ragovoy • Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) • Donna Summer 2026 • Walter Afanasieff • Terry Britten • Kenny Loggins • Graham Lyle • Alanis Morissette • Gene Simmons (Kiss) • Paul Stanley (Kiss) • Christopher "Tricky" Stewart • Taylor Swift ==References==